Adwaiy and the Curse of English Poetry
Everyone has that one subject they just can’t stand. For Adwaiy, it’s English. Not because he can’t do it — he can — but because poems exist . According to him, poems are the most unnecessary puzzle humanity ever created. Why say “the crimson horizon wept” when you could just say “sunset” ? Why make students decode hidden meanings when the poet probably just liked the color red? For Adwaiy, every poem in an English textbook feels like a personal attack. He’ll stare at a verse, flip the page, and mutter something like, “Nope. Not today.” And the funniest part? The teacher will ask, “What do you think the poet meant?” and Adwaiy’s answer is always the same: “Probably nothing. He just wrote it.” Here’s the thing: it’s not that he hates reading. Give him a manga or an anime story, and he’ll happily go through it for hours. But English poems? That’s where he draws the line. If it doesn’t have a fight scene, a character arc, or at least some cool art — he’s out. I’ve seen him d...